Publication Type
Book Review
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
3-2023
Abstract
Vallier offers a defence of liberalism that is publicly justified as an answer to political polarization. This critique argues that the philosophical solution he offers - a version of liberalism more likely to be endorsed by moderately idealized agents - may not succeed because the source of polarization lies elsewhere: in resentments arising out of changed social conditions and the alienation of parts of society unhappy with the very liberal narrative in question.
Keywords
Liberalism, justification, polarization, legitimacy, myth, community
Discipline
Ethics and Political Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
First Page
1
Last Page
7
ISSN
1369-8230
Identifier
10.1080/13698230.2023.2183600
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles
Citation
KUKATHAS, Chandran.(2023). 'Kevin Vallier' Trust in a Polarized Age. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, , 1-7.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3749
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2023.2183600